AFRICA : KENYA : FAMILY DAY FOR DIOCESE

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EMBU, September 25, 2012 (CISA) –Thousands of Catholic faithful on Sunday September 23 braced the simmering sun and thronged Iriamurai Parish grounds to mark the diocese of Embu’s family day.
The special mass was celebrated by Rt Rev Anthony Mukobo, the bishop of Isiolo Vicariate, assisted by the host bishop Rt Rev Paul Kariuki and over 40 priests.
Bishop Mukobo urged the faithful to always be at hand to help each other in times of need and never be greedy. He told them to fully support the church in its endeavors.
On his part Bishop Kariuki urged dioceses that have not started the family day to do so for self reliance.
“Last year we raised 14 million and we hope to collect over 25 million before the year ends. Small Christian Communities have their own projects in their prayer houses. This money collected is used to construct new churches, run schools and children’s homes and sustain the personnel,” said bishop Kariuki.
He further added that “Christians ought to support the diocese in its operation for by doing this they support themselves.”
He said that the church is missionary in nature and “soon we shall be sending missionaries to Europe’. The diocese of Embu offered one of their own priests to go and serve in the Isiolo Vicariate which lacks enough priests. Bishop Mukobo thanked bishop Kariuki for the gesture.
The bishops thanked teachers for calling off their strike and asked the government to go to the drawing board with doctors and reach a solution to end their strike. “This is serious for it is affecting a lot of sick people in hospitals who are going unattended.”
Majority of the faithful present said they support the Church wholeheartedly and hoped that church leaders would reciprocate and be exemplar in their service.
The event that is held once every year is geared towards the diocese achieving self reliance and moving away from donor dependency. Each parish does it own family day before they all meet for the diocese’s day.
The diocese has four deaneries consisting of 18 parishes.
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